SEASHELL SOUL

One of the rarities of life is to be one in a million. Not everyone can take the inner talents they possess and use them to their full potential. Taking what was there all along and developing it in a way that one gains success – self-success.

To the contrary, anyone can be a failure. Not a single being is without the morbid gift of self destruction. Who and which are you?

There is a story that tells of the man with the seashell soul. His soul once brought warmth and was as bright as the color and beauty of a rare and radiant shell. He clung to life with the fervency and zest of a silver pearl attaching itself to the great barrier of life. But somehow, without any expectancy, the man's soul let go of his goals and he was swayed by the everyday waves that beat away at each of us.

Slowly he began to crumble and soon he found himself washed upon the shore. Instead of letting the waves drift over him and carry him back to his stronghold, he allowed the silt and muck to engulf him.

How sad to see the hue drained and bleached away, leaving no remembrance of what was meant to be. Over time, the man's soul continued to break, dissipating into the ways of the world.

The man with the seashell soul; he became as scattered pebbles lost amongst endless grains of sand. Once he could have been one in a million, instead of being just one of the millions who give up on their dreams by giving up on themselves.

Self-success is as a lustrous shell; the pearl lies within!